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Sunday, January 29, 2012

Apology to Rob

I wanted to share an explanation about a recent “Clash of the Titans” I have with another .netter of interest that goes by the Moniker of “theEnglishSeahawk” .  “English or Rob (his real name) is a long time poster at seahawks.net and maintains his famous blog seahawksdraftblog and professionally is a reporter for BBC UK. For the longest time we were friends and shared various opinions, I lived in England for 11 years and am more prepared than most Americans to understand Rob’s sense of humor and pompousness. Everything was just peachy until last off season, where I came in contact with some once in a life time (for me anyways) inside information on a potential trade of Carson Palmer to Seattle from his old team the Bengals.

Reportedly a trade was in the works and initially the information coming to me from my source matched perfectly to what Rob’s were saying, I felt confirmed by this and a lot of messaging went on between the two of us. Being a rookie at this I grew suspicious of Rob’s intentions and questioned the validity of his sources because I figured that was nearly impossible that 2 different sources from 2 different backgrounds were saying exactly the same thing. I started reading Rob’s blog everyday and comparing it to our messages. As time went on I found that his posts were almost identical to the letter to my info that I gave him on my messages and the doubt grew deep.
I then decided to test him and created a set of fake info that I shared with him (I won’t share which part, I will leave that to your imagination) to see how he would react. The very next day he had that info on the blog. Instead of talking to my new friend I judged him and condemned him of being a liar. Since then our relationship went south, and when I say south I don’t mean on a vacation to Mexico or Brazil, I mean south to hell. The chip on my shoulder grew like a mountain and I often attacked him verbally on the forum and accused him of being a liar.
Being the gentleman that he is, Rob approach me in private and questioned my rage and we again swapped messages backwards and forwards all day long. After all was said and done Rob convinced me that he was not lying and the reason I got confused was due to a colossal coincidence where the bogus portion I created actually turned out to be true (I am a gifted guesser lol). So I figured I would share this, and clear his name. We are mates again and we will move on from this being better friends, I on my end learn not to judge a friend so briskly and actually search for the truth before passing judgment.

The truth is .netters that the rumor was not fantasy, we both had info that was real and the whole thing was very painful for both of us taking punches from everywhere, and I for one would never share anything like this again with the board, props to Rob for takings the beating week after week to share the info he gets. Rob is a professional reporter and a meticulous observer/evaluator of future talent for our Seahawks, and even though my “gut feelings” have actually been more accurate in guessing NFL success by college QB’s my comments (even though apparently accurate lol) are just gut feelings, I have a good gut predictor sharpened in the emergency room, but there is no science in my evaluation, Rob spends a lot of time watching film and using scientific method to base his predictions, and even though often wrong (ahahah) he should get props for what he does.
Thank you
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Who will be our next QB?

While many of us despise Peyton Manning and there is no assurance that he will be ever game healthy again, the mistery of possibilities is in the air, the guy is a proven leader/
difference maker and if Carroll wants to win now instead of later, Manning should be brought in and if healthy might be worth a go, besides this man as a lot to prove now and if healthy he will be all business as usual. Besides, when he retires he would make an hell of a QBs coach. I really don't think this will happen, but Bleacher Report gave it no chance of happening, and considering they are always wrong I guess the odds just went up ever so slightly.

Foles from Arizona would be my choice in the draft, he has all the tools and size and is already used to play for a crappy team with even worse offensive line. Foles is used to getting the ball out in a hurry with great accuracy and he can take a hit on the likes of grizzlyberger. Some have criticized arm strenght and long ball accuracy, but they must remember that his OL gives him no time which make the long throws just that much harder. In Seattle we have a strong run game, a set of WRs like he never had in Arizona and a maturing and impressive OL that would protect him a lot better and give him more time. He's a great kid and a born leader, I hope we draft him and let him carry the clipboard for a year behind Jackson, then we will see. I think he's a guy you can build a team around (1st round pick).



Then there is Moore, a local hero for me Kellen has proven to be one of the most accurate QBs in college and is winning record speaks loud and clear. However, many rule him out on size alone, I surely don't. I think he's a baby Brees and will be a bargain in the later rounds thanks to the nay sayers. I would grab him in the 2nd or 3rd and bring him in to compete. If he does not pan out, then you made it so that we have to get Barkley next year, and added some depth, but if he turns out the way I think he will we have gotten us a franchise QB for peanuts lol.

What I don't want is a lateral move to Flynn, the dude has had 2 decent but barely of any meaning games in his career thus far and I don't think that I or anyone can tell if he will any better than Kolb or even Charlie. I say no, either get a millionaire but true talent type of QB (i.e: Manning or Brees) which I wouldn't do for $$$$ reasons, or try your luck in the draft, hopefully with Foles and finish what you have started mister Carroll

Sunday, January 22, 2012

H5N1



Hi!!
So here I am for post #2 and even though we have the two big games later today, actually I want to start the day talking about the flu. That's right the flu, not the usual flu or even the pansy swine flu, I'm talking H5N1. H5N1 is picking strength and if it ever becomes pandemic will make the bat+swine flu of the movie "Contagion" look like a mere seasonal cold. While in the movie the dreadful flu had a mortality rate on the 30%, this super flu thus far is scoring on the upper 80s%. I am not a conspiracy theorist at all, and up until very recently I never believed in the end of the world, at least not in the Mayan sense anyways, but this bug is starting to change my mind. I have researched this a lot and have a lot to say, but want to spice your curiosity with an article. Please read it and it will be easier to follow when I talk more about this later.
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/757275

Anyways, enjoy the article and the games today, I'm off to bed for a few hours after a long 12 hour shift in our very busy ER, but I wouldn't swap it for anything else :-)

Friday, January 20, 2012

WELCOME


Hi, my name is Traumahawk; I am a diehard Seahawks fan and a daily contributor to the Seahawks.net fan site and Twitter. Over the last couple of years I have been thinking about creating a blog where I can speak my mind in an uncensored kind of way. Not that I expect using much bad language but if you know me you would know that political correctness is not my strong suit. I am honest and I speak my mind. You can expect that my blog will focus on the Seattle Seahawks but I plan to rant about anything, from travel, to politics and healthcare.
I am a complete virgin at this so hopefully some of my more blog savvy friends will come to my rescue soon (yes @JonathanDalar and @zebulondak I mean you lol) and we can make this a fun place. Feel free to speak your mind here, you will not be censored but you can expect a reply from me, and sometimes that might be more than you were bargaining for ;o)

I don’t claim to be official or in any way related to the Seahawks organization, nor do I claim to do this professionally or base my opinions on actual game film cuts, most of my opinions will be based on my gut feeling, previous life experiences, YouTube clips and games actually watched. Other themes other than football will resort from similar sources. I am not an attention seeker (did not want to use bad language on my first post lol) just a guy that likes to chat, so if you are looking for breaking news or glamour your probably clicked on the wrong page, but if you are looking for a blog for real man (or women) that want to speak their mind, then WELCOME.
Anyways, pretty pathetic first rant, but that’s all I got for today. See you soon, don’t be a stranger :o)